(Daredevil II#85 (fb) - BTS)
- Warden Cole grew accustomed to handling the difficult prison life of Ryker’s
Island, managing drug trade, gangs, violence, corrupt guards, and super
criminals such as Hammerhead, the Kingpin, Boss Morgan, and Black Tarantula
(Carlos LaMuerto) in his institution. When Matt Murdock, suspected of being
Daredevil, was added to the group, things began to get out of control.

(Daredevil II#81) - Director
Leland Drummond of the FBI met with the Warden Cole of Ryker’s Island and
expressed no sympathies for the heroes and villains who were locked away.

(Daredevil II#82) - Cole met
with Drummond again at JFK Airport and explained the
difficulty the last month had been with Murdock and Fisk both in custody.
Drummond was arguing furiously with Cole for not keeping Murdock and Fisk in the
same cell block and for having Murdock in protected custody, unwilling to listen
to the legalities and questions the lawyers were raising. Drummond rushed off,
having received a call from Senator David Engel. Back at Ryker’s, lawyer Foggy
Nelson was reportedly murdered while visiting his client, Murdock.

(Daredevil II#83 (fb) - BTS)
- Furious and overwhelmed, Cole tried tracking down the guard that allowed the
murder to take place. He put out an APB and notified the authorities.

(Daredevil II#83) - Cole
grew defensive when Drummond was critical with him on the phone. He yelled at
his secretary, Marta, when she entered to inform him that Murdock was back, but
he quickly apologized. Murdock was moved back to general population and Owl was
soon badly beaten, supposedly by Murdock. Meanwhile, the guard was found dead in
a gangland execution.

(Daredevil II#84) - Violence
at Ryker’s continued increasing, and Bullseye was transferred there. When
Hammerhead and some of his men were injured and Kingpin was set to be moved back
to general population, Cole had Murdock brought to him privately. He asked him
nicely to stop making his job so hard.

(Daredevil II#85 - BTS) -
Things continued to grow more chaotic and deadly as the inmate who’d reportedly
stabbed Foggy was found dead and the Punisher was transferred to Ryker’s.

(Daredevil II#86) - Warden
Cole and Marta were walking through Ryker’s when Murdock suddenly leapt out at
them and knocked down two inmates with arms. Murdock explained that a riot was
planned and that they’d been there to kill Cole. Murdock encouraged Cole to get
somewhere safe and call for help, with only guards he trusted. He made it to a
safe place and had Captain Roberts call for aid while they reviewed the riot,
many having been killed. Cole cursed Drummond for his manipulations, but Marta
reminded him they were lucky to be alive.

(Daredevil II#87 (fb)) -
Cole watched with Marta and Roberts, as the Punisher seemingly took Murdock
hostage and escaped in the riot squad helicopter. He authorized Roberts, who
supported the action, to delete all other video footage that showed Murdock as
anything but a blind man, then asked Marta to contact her reporter friend.

(Daredevil II#87) - Cole
later appeared on the news and stated that the FBI was responsible for the state
of Ryker’s, and that Murdock had been wrongfully accused.